Clothes-line holder.



S. BERZAK & S. AROTZER. CLOTHES LINE HOLDER.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE a, 1915.

Patented Aug. 11, 1914.

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SAMUELBERZAK, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., AND SAMUEL AROTZER, OF NEWVARK, NEW

. JERSEY.

CLOTHES-LINE HOLDER.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, SAMUEL BERZAK, a citizen of the United States, andresident of New York city, borough of the Bronx, county of the Bronx,and State of New York, and SAMUEL Anorznn, a subject of the Czar ofRussia, and resident of Newark, Essex county, New Jersey, have inventedcertain new and .useful Improvements in Clothes-Line Holders, of whichthe following is a specification.

.Our invention has relation to improvements in means for convenientlyretaining clothes lines in positions at windows, particularly whenclothes have been hung upon the lines, andthe object of our invention isto enable the clothes line to be fastened outside of the Window sash toenable the portion of the line extending into the room, when the clothesare being applied to the line or removed therefrom, to be released andto hang down outside of the sash, whereby the latter may be closedwithout interference, our improvements being designed particularly to besecured in position without undue effort on the part of a person usingthe lines.

Our invention comprises novel details of improvement and combinations ofparts that will be more fully hereinafter set forth and then pointed outin the claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings forming part hereof,wherein,

Figure 1 is a sectional view illustrating our improvements in positionat a window; Fig. 2- is a section on the line 2,2, in Fig. 1; Fig. 3 isa section on the line 3, 3, in Fig. 1; Fig. 4 is a sectional detail ofmeans for supporting the pulley-carrying arm; Fig. 5 is a detail of amodification, and Fig. 6 is a section on the line 6, 6, in Fig. 5.

- A portion of a window casing is indicated generally at 1, and at 2 isa socket-member or bracket adapted to be secured to the inner portion ofthe casing, and it is intended to receive an arm or rod 3 adapted tosupport a pulley 4 within the room. The socketmember 2 is showndetachably applied to the window frame, and for this purpose has slots 2above and below itsbore 2 which slots. open to one side to receivespaced screws 5 on the window frame. The arrangement is such that thesocket member may be applied upon the screws by passing them through theside openings of the slots,

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed June 3, 1913.

Patented Aug. 11, 1914..

Serial No. 771,472.

and may then be lowered, as in Fig. 1, to hang upon the screws, and maybe readily removed by reversing the operation. This enables thesocket-member to be easily applied in position and to be taken down whennot in use, and also to be applied on either side of the window frame.The bore 2 of the socket-member receives the arm 3, and is showninclined upwardly at an angle to the horizontal direction in the inwarddirection of the room from the window, as in Fig. 1, and said bore isshown inclined outwardly or laterally in Fig. 4, whereby the arm sets atan angle to the window frame, so that the pulley 4 is set to one side ofthe plane of the window, to keep the clothes line 6 out of close contactwith the window frame, and the upward inclination of the arm tends toresist strain thereon. Arm 3 is shown provided at its end adjacent thewindow frame with a pin 7 adapted to enter a hole or bore 8 in thewindow frame, where by when said arm is passed through the bore of thesocket member 2 and its pin 7 is entered in the hole 8, said arm will befirmlv held detachably in position, and the weight upon the clothes linewill tend to keep said arm snugly in its location.

Any suitable pulley or pulley block may be provided upon the end of arm3 extending into the room. We have shown a frame 9 having a borereceiving the arm 3 and pivotally carrying the pulley 4, one side portion 10 of which frame is pivotally connected with theframe at 11, so asto swing up and down relatively thereto, and is provided with an openingreceiving the stud or pivot 12 that is secured to the main part of theframe, upon which stud the pulley 4 rotates.

At 13 is a locking spring shown secured upon the movable part 10, andhaving its bent end 13 adapted to engage a notch 14 in frame 9, (Fig.2), said spring being shown provided with ears 15. By grasping the earsand pulling the spring out to release it from the notch 14, the movablepart 10 of the frame may be raised from pulley 4 to enable the clothesline to be applied thereto or removed therefrom, and when the parts arein the position shown in Fig. 2 the pulley and clothes line will beretained in position. This affords a convenient means for detachablyconnecting the clothes and pulley upon arm 3. The clothes line at itsouter part is shown connected with pulley 16 carried by a hook 17 upon asupport or post 18 in any well known manner.

At 19 is a pulley shown pivotally carriec between pulleys 4t and 16. Inorder to re-' tain the clothes line set at. the window frame,phrticularly after the clothes have been placed-upon the lower portionof the line, so that-the portion of the line extending into the room maybe lowered to enable the; window-to be'closed and the arm 3 to beremoved when desired, we provide clamping means adaptedtobe mounted uponthe clothes line and to abut against a stop at thewi'iidow frame, asagainst the pulley' 19 or-i s' frame. In the form'shown in Figs. lyand 3we provide two clamps, one to be applied upon the upper and onetobeappli'ed upon "the lower portion of the line, whereas iii-Figs. and 6we provide a "single clamp adapted to be applied upon both port-iohs ofthe line; Referring to Figs. 1 and 3 the clamp we have shown comprises abody portion 21- and; the jaw 22 pivotally connected therewith, time 23,and shown provided' with a screw 24- to abut" against pornon-21 to causesaid parts to clamp theline 6 between. thenr. The'meeting faces of thep'arts21 and 22, where they clamp the .line 6,-,;'a're shown recessed toreceive said line.

" In Fig. 1 two of said clamping means are provided, one of which isfastened upon the upper part of the clothes line and the other upon thelower part of the clothes line at the-window casing,-the upper clampbeing shown engaging pulley 19,- while the lower clamp is hung upon ahook 25 secured upon the window casing. 'Said clamp may be provid'edwitlrholes orpeyes 26 toqhang upon the hook 'and adapted to receivecords or the like 27, whereby said clamps Inaybe rehave bmhungupon theline aqclamp will be secured upon the 'upper portion of the line soas toabut against the stop or pulley 19, and another {elampflwill be securedupon thelower portionof the line and hung upon hfo'ok 25, and thentheparts' of the line within the *room may'be removed from pulley 4 andhangaownia front of the window, as indicat-edin Fig. 1, enabling thesash to be closed. The arm may'then be removed if desired or used atanotherwindow; The advantage fOf; th'e'ar'rangement set forth is thatthe weighted line may be secured at the line at the window. As the twoparts 7 of the line arethus separately secured to the window casing theline is firmlyv held in set position and-the weight of the clothesisresisted by the clamps; :Wlieirjtheclbthes are to, be "removed f1'om't-lie -linethe inner portion of the line is appliedfuponpulley el,,,theclamps are then released from the line, and-ultras can bebperatedtassual.

" In Figs. 5 and-6' the arrangement is such that a single is appliedteen-themner portion 'of-the clothes line? Infthis case, the member 22ofthe clamp has cheer more lugs 22 adapted tobea r upon the lower part ofline 6, to push against member 21, when theparts.21, 22-are ;clampedtogether by screw 2 1', the-reduced threaded portion 24;ofwhichworks inathreaded bore in, member 21. 21 is movable clamping piece slidably'guided upon imernber 21, as bythe pin andprovidedwvith a threadedopeningreceiving threads 24 upon screw whereby ltheilatter is no;titted; the upper portion of line 61 willjbe clamped'between parts 22and 21 since the latter will be drawn "by thread s 21 toward part 22while the latter is being m ved by tli'reads 24 toward membe s 21 Themember 21 carries a pulley "31, the pivot 32 ofwhich is preferablysecured to' member,21 and passes] freely througha hole 33 in n'ie'niber22; NVhenrthis clamp-istol be used the clamp is opened, the lowerportion of line 6 is applied between member 21 and lugs 22f, ancl'pulley'31is placediipon' the upper portion of"li'nej-6; screw 241" is thenrotated. to cause the-parts 21, 22 torgapproa'ch, thereby causingthefllowei' portion of the line to be firmly gripped between member 21and .lugs "22, but without then clamping the'partsv'22, 21 upon[theline, the clamp being" applied cltiselyi adjacent to pulley without.requiring undue lifting of the lower portion of-the line, since the"clamping devices will be, proportioned 1 for convenient applicationto/tlie-clethes? line. With theparts in such position theclothes linewill be moved inthe directibn orea'rrying the clothes" away :"from thewindow, and thereupon the clamp will be carried by the lower portion ofthe line forwardly to ward'the window, riding upon the upper portion ofthe line, until the clamp comes against the stop or pulley 19 asisnown'in Fig. 5; thereupon the'sc'rew 24 will be again rotated until themembers 2 1 -gand "22' clainp theupper portion of the'line firmlyr Theupper and lower portions of the line will thus be locked in position,and as the clamp abuts against stop or pulley 19 the inner portion ofthe line may be released from pulley 4 to hang down, as beforedescribed. To bring in the clothes, the screw 24: is partly unscrewed torelease the upper por tion of the line from members 21, 22, and then theline is drawn so that the clamp moves back to pulley 4:, and may then bereleased from the latter. It will thus be seen that the person using theline does not have to raise the weight of the clothes on the line to anyextent to apply the clamp to or remove it from the line.

Our improvements are cheap to manufacture, bringing them within theability of those who use such lines to purchase the same; they aresimple and convenient in operation, enabling unskilled people readily touse the same, and also enabling women to hang out and take in theclothes, etc.,

without undue exertion.

Having now described our invention what we claim is l. A clothes lineholder including an arm, means for supporting the same Within a roomadjacent to a Window casing, a pulley carried by the arm, a pulley framesecured to the window casing, a pulley journaled within said frame, andadapted to support the upper run of the line, adapted to be detachablysecured upon the upper run of the line to engage said frame, meansadapted to be detachably secured upon the lower run of the line, andmeans on the casing below said frame to detachably support the secondnamed means to support the line set at the casing.

2. The combination of pulleys to support Copies of this patent may beobtained for a clothes line, and a clamp having an open side adapted tobe detachably secured upon and carried by the line while its ends aresecured together, said clamp being on the line in position to be stoppedby the sup port for one of said pulleys.

3. A clothes line holder including an arm, means for supporting the sameon the window casing, a pulley frame secured adjacent said casing, apulley journaled on said frame, a pulley to support the inner portion ofa line on said arm, a clamp adapted to be detachably mounted upon theupper run of said line a stop at the outer portion of the window casingto retain the line in set position, a second clamp having means todetachably support it on the line, and means on the casing below saidframe to detachably support said second clamp, whereby the line issupported set at the casing with its lower run depressed.

4:. A clothes line holder including an arm, means for supporting thesame adjacent a window casing, a pulley secured adjacent said casing, tosupport the line, means to attach the inner portion of the line to saidarm, to movably support the line, and means adapted to be detachablymounted upon said line to be stopped by the line supporting means uponthe window casing to support the line in set position.

Signed at New York city, in the county of New York, and State of NewYork, this 31st day of May, 1913.

SAMUEL BERZAK. SAMUEL AROTZER. lVitnesses T. F. BOURNE, MARIE F.WAINWRIGHT.

five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents. Washington,I). G.

